... have been winning most of the lawsuits in these so-called “investor-state” tribunals, but here again El Salvador prevailed.
How? Why? What lessons can be learned, and can nations and activists build ...

... the unexploited gold – $314m later reduced to $250m. They initiated an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) case at the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ...

... for Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID, which handles investor-state disputes, rejected a claim from the company that it had lost profits after the Salvadoran government refused to grant a concession ...

... CEO — a letter that is also a wake-up call for President Trump's trade agenda.
The letter highlights the problems with the so-called "investor-state" provision in trade deals, first created through t ...

... ians stated that "mining companies take advantage of investor-state dispute clauses to force governments to make decisions that put corporate interests ahead of the welfare of their citizens."
Connie ...

... that allow these “investor-state” lawsuits.
The executives of a global mining corporation assumed it would be easy to get their way in Cabañas, a rural region of northern El Salvador. They were wrong. ...

After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners”
Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy ...

... the lowest regulatory standards, and investor-state dispute systems undermining the sovereignty of nations are just among its alarming features.
The growing international people’s struggle against th ...

... by legal experts, researchers and economists, think tanks and NGOs. The book covers a wide range of topics – from current trends in investor-state arbitration to the wider ramifications of investment treatie ...

Public Citizen
In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
There has been a debate over Investor-State Dispute Systems (ISDS), a process for resolving settlement disputes between foreign investors and national governments. Many people ...

Public Citizen
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system shifts the power between the government and corporations, prioritizing corporate rights. Foreign corporations have used ISDS to attack ...

Orellana et al., 2015
There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining ...

... to protect its investments and potential future profits from mining.
Apparently democracy had an asterisk: “free trade.”
Corporate Privilege
A provision in CAFTA known as an “investor-state dispute ...

... the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) supports the position of the El Salvadoran government in respect to the investor-state arbitration suit with OceanaGold.
The CLC is against investor-state arbitration ...

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As Stop the Suits organizers point out, "the number of investor-state suits has ballooned in recent years." As of 2013, there were 169 investor-state suits being heard at the ICSID, up from only 3 in ...

... t of the Association for the Development of El Salvador are calling on Canadians to help solve the water crisis by challenging investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms that have enabled corporatio ...